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Pedaling disaster: citizen bicyclists in disaster response—Innovative solution or unnecessary effort?

Natural Hazards volume 90, pages 365–389 (2018)Cite this article

Abstract

Citizens have historically become involved in response to disasters by helping both themselves and others. Recently, the idea has emerged of individuals providing this assistance in the response period using bicycles. Community events have been organized by bicycling enthusiasts in US cities to demonstrate how bicycles could potentially be of use in disaster situations. Yet, there has been no empirical research around the idea of citizen bicyclists in disaster response. This study explored the potential use of bicycles and their citizen riders in disaster events in the USA—specifically considering what role, if any, citizen bicyclists could play in such scenarios. Data were initially collected through 21 in-depth, telephone interviews with emergency management officials and bicycling advocates from bicycle-friendly cities in ten different states. Grounded theory was used to conceptualize the overall research design and analyze the data. Based on theoretical and snowball sampling, an additional six interviews were completed with individuals who had requisite knowledge and experiences applicable to the research question. Participants indicated that there are a variety of tasks and activities citizen bicyclists could undertake in disaster response; however, it would have to be an event of significant scope and magnitude for bicycle usage to be widespread—an unlikely occurrence for many jurisdictions. Concerns about training and integration with the formal emergency management structure were also identified. Implications for potential citizen bicyclists—and citizen responders more broadly—are discussed.

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  1. In presenting the quotations, several measures were taken to ensure that as much as possible, participants’ identities were protected. Quotations were edited for “um,” “ah,” and “you know” and any words that could compromise respondents’ identity, including location, were replaced with ellipses. To ensure that interviewees are represented, the quotations for each theme were all ranked by interview date and also labeled by respondents’ title/location in the initial write up. Subsequently, responses with similar opinions were reduced and the labels removed before reporting.

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Kirkpatrick, S.J.B. Pedaling disaster: citizen bicyclists in disaster response—Innovative solution or unnecessary effort?. Nat Hazards 90, 365–389 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-017-3048-3

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